A change to the Pre-Event of WoW: Shadowlands is well-received. The rare enemies are now much more common.
The Pre-Event for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is in full swing and numerous players are farming the rare enemies in Icecrown. After all, they reward the players with a special event currency and occasionally unique loot. However, there was criticism about the long respawn time of the enemies – Blizzard has now addressed this criticism and accelerated everything.
What was the problem? The respawn of the rare enemies in Icecrown became a nuisance for many players. After all, exactly 20 minutes passed between the appearance of two rare enemies, leading to frustrating wait times. For some players, it seemed as if the event had simply become an “AFK simulator,” which resulted in a lot of frustration.
What has changed? Blizzard has now, in the second week of the Pre-Event, responded to this criticism. The respawn timer for the rare mobs has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. You will now be notified every 10 minutes via an emote that a new rare mob has appeared in Icecrown.
What are the implications? In plain terms, this means that all rare bosses in Icecrown now rotate at double speed and a cycle now lasts only 3 hours and 20 minutes instead of 6 hours and 40 minutes. Additionally, you farm the black plague stones at double speed, allowing event rewards to be obtained in roughly half the time.
Why is this important? Especially for twinks, this is worthwhile, who want solid equipment with item level 100 before the start of Shadowlands. But transmog collectors can also breathe easier. Those who wanted to collect all 4 sets now only need to invest half the time to gather enough tokens for the Argent Crusade.
In summary, this is a sensible change that brings a bit more pace to the whole pre-event and ensures that all players can get the gear they want much faster. This is also a massive advantage when farming the large 34-slot bag – as the number of chances per day doubles when Bronjahm appears twice as often.
What do you think of this adjustment?
